fume

be running on fumes

To be continuing to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left. I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on fumes at this point.We were running on fumes by the time our team made it to the championship round.

run on fumes

1. To be especially ineffectual, insubstantial, or unsuccessful. The high production value means that the film is visually stunning, but no amount of aesthetic beauty can save a film whose paper-thin plot runs on fumes from start to finish.The former president promised quite a lot in his campaign speeches, but his administration ran on fumes throughout his time in the White House.

2. To continue to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left. (Usually used in the continuous tense.) I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on fumes at this point.We were running on fumes by the time our team made it to the championship round.

running on fumes

Continuing to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left. A reference to a car that has nearly run out of fuel. I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on fumes at this point.We were running on fumes by the time our team made it to the championship round.

Working together with Bluestar, our highly skilled local workforce and the continued support of local officials in China, we are committed to expanding the supply of high quality fumed silica products from this state of the art facility.

Patrick Prevost, said "The partnership between Cabot and the Bluestar Group has been forged over many years and today we continue to build on that excellent relationship with the addition of this fumed silica manufacturing facility in Tianjin.

28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cab-O-Sil Division of Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) will add 10 million pounds of capacity for fumed silica over the next two years through a series of debottlenecking efforts at its plants in Europe and North America.

Instruction will be provided on the dispersion of inorganic, white and organic pigments; carbon black and fumed silica; methods for characterizing and assessing the quality of dispersions; as well as the various plant practices and equipment used in the manufacturing process.

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